2012: Expected to add depth and compete for
minutes with the offensive line during his rookie season.

High School: Earned four letters in football
and one in lacrosse at Garden City High School ... helped lead the
football team to a trio of Nassau County Championships and one Long
Island Championship ... served as a team captain as a senior when
he earned all-county honors ... member of the Golden 11, an award
from the National Football Foundation honoring the top
scholar-athletes in each county ... also received the Paul Eckner
Outstanding Lineman Award.